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Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » SP540v White Background on image has a tint?

Monday 15 December 22:25:27 UTC 2014

Evening everyone, I wonder if someone can shed some light on this for me please I am brand new with this sp540v so apologies in advance if this is daft; i'm trying to print some images with a white background; settings used were: Photo Matte Paper – Max Impact profile; however if you look @ the attached, you can clearly see … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Remove white from logo

Monday 15 December 18:53:48 UTC 2014

Hello everyone, Sorry to be a pain but I was hoping that someone might be able to help us with something. We're trying to help a small primary school with their logo but we've become stuck. They had a web site created in the past and the company also created a logo for the school. Unfortunately, the school were messed around … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Marks & Monograms by Dimiter Petrov

Monday 15 December 17:16:18 UTC 2014

marks monogram logos Dimiter Petrov is a designer from Bulgaria who believes in the very idea of injecting plenty of meaning into a simple but aesthetic geometric shape has always fascinated me. The right decoding of the shape brings an additional pinch of fulfillment. Below you could see several experiments pointed in that direction. For more from Dimiter Petrov visit … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » 20 Gorgeous Free Icon Fonts to Use in Your Designs

Monday 15 December 17:09:37 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAThe number of fonts designed to be used as icons, symbols and glyphs increases day by day. Using icon fonts you’re replacing raster images into vector ones. That means that you can easily resize your icon fonts without worrying about quality loss. Icon fonts is a flexible solution for adding icons to your website. Along with the size … [Link]

WebDesignDev » Jotform Review – Design Forms & Sell Them with Ease

Monday 15 December 16:08:40 UTC 2014

If you’re a web designer then I am sure you’ve had clients request to have their forms designed at one point or another. In fact, having a good design for a contact or opt-in form can drastically increase conversions and opt-in rates, leading to more income for the website / business. As designers, we are always looking for tools and … [Link]

You The Designer » 31 Sets of Free Photoshop Paint Brushes

Monday 15 December 15:30:47 UTC 2014

Paint brushes have evolved from the instrument that we use in traditional painting to the tool that we work with in creating digitally rendered artworks. The only difference is that in the digital world, we now have control over painted brush strokes more than ever. Are you looking for the perfect brush set that will kickstart your next painting-inspired digital … [Link]

PSD: Photoshop Disasters » Venus Aud Wants To Get Something Off Her Chest

Monday 15 December 15:16:55 UTC 2014

Either I need new glasses, or there’s something really weird going on with this lady’s chest. Found on the model’s Facebook page, submitted anonymously. The post Venus Aud Wants To Get Something Off Her Chest appeared first on PSD : Photoshop Disasters . [Link]

BittBox » 26 Websites using Classic Retro Vintage Effects

Monday 15 December 13:01:09 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAWith the takeover of flat design it seems like deep textures and rich patterns have been pushed to the wayside. But even through this trendy flat design phase there are still hundreds of brilliant websites catering to exceptional realism. For this post I’ve organized 26 exemplary retro-style vintage website designs for inspiration. Each design utilizes a series of … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » The Perfect Office – Cliff Desktop Organizer, Asus ZenWatch and Office Ideas

Monday 15 December 11:59:05 UTC 2014

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we'll assemble a perfect office, and we'd like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have? We've picked some super neat items for you this week, like the Cliff desktop organizer which looks like … [Link]

Web Design – WebFX Blog » Why the :visited Pseudo-class is Strange

Monday 15 December 10:30:02 UTC 2014

Modern browsers have severely restrained the CSS properties that developers can use in a style rule that uses the :visited link pseudo-class. If you’re unfamiliar with this oddball pseudo-class, you may be wondering why your site’s visited links aren’t rendering as expected. If you try to style visited links by giving them a background-image, for instance, you’ll be surprised that … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » What’s new for designers, December 2014

Monday 15 December 9:45:33 UTC 2014

In this month’s edition of what’s new for designers and developers, we’ve included new apps for design, frameworks and boilerplates, new mobile apps and design resources, JavaScript resources, resources for startups, and much more. And as always, we’ve also included some awesome new fonts! Almost everything on the list this month is free, with a few low-cost, high-value apps and … [Link]

example » 14 Amazing Resources That Reveal the Secrets of DIY Photography

Monday 15 December 8:01:48 UTC 2014

Photography is one of those skills that comes in handy for any creative career. If you know how to take and edit a great photograph, then you can save yourself some time and make a little extra… Click through to read the rest of the story on the Vandelay Design Blog. [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » The Wroclove Design Festival 2014 Branding

Monday 15 December 7:57:25 UTC 2014

It’s always awesome to start the week off with inspiration for a beautiful branding project. This week we feature the visual identity created for the The Wroclove Design Festival 2014. Designing anything for the design industry can be very challenging, especially because the target audience is very aware of what makes good design. Natalia Żerko, the designer behind this project, knows … [Link]

Spoon Graphics » The Art of Profanity: Showcase of NSFW Typography

Monday 15 December 7:30:47 UTC 2014

Expletives and Art seem to make the perfect pair. A simple word can invoke an emotional response or set a specific tone, which makes it a powerful tool for designers and artists to convey their message. In today’s showcase I feature 30 fun examples of profanity filled typography designs which will either entertain or offend. Either way, they’re probably not … [Link]

Line25.com » 7 Reasons Why You Should Choose Ruby on Rails

Monday 15 December 7:30:31 UTC 2014

During the last ten years, Ruby on Rails has grown to become an increasingly popular solution for building web apps. In our rapidly changing technological environment and shaky economy, RoR can speed up the development process and help companies save time and money. Today, the knowledge of Ruby can land you great jobs – there are lots of interesting projects … [Link]

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